gigabits
Network speed measure
Gigabits are units of digital information equal to one billion bits.
The term appears most often in measuring data transfer speeds: a gigabit connection moves roughly one billion bits per second.
Internet and network speeds are typically measured in gigabits per second (Gbps), while storage capacity uses gigabytes—eight times larger, since a byte contains eight bits.
Million-bit data units
- terabitsTrillion-bit data measures
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- speedRate of motion
- GbpsData transmission speed unit
transfer rate · data rate · download speed · upload speed · connection speed · fiber optic · broadband · ethernet
Wired networking standard
- switchCircuit-breaking toggle device
- routerPacket-forwarding network device
- duplexDivided dwelling, shared walls
- interfaceShared connection point
NIC · backbone · interconnect · uplink · downlink · packet · frame · network interface
Data capacity units
- terabitsTrillion-bit data measures
- memoryMind's retention capacity
- capacityMaximum amount containable
- flashBrief burst of light
SSD · data storage · NAND · chip · buffer · cache · allocation · partition
Current mobile network standard
- LTEWireless broadband standard
- wirelessUntethered signal transmission
- mobile dataInternet via phone network
- spectrumContinuous range of values
carrier · cell tower · radio frequency · signal · modulation · downlink · uplink · antenna
megabits
Million-bit data units
- terabitsTrillion-bit data measures
- throughputProcessing rate over time
- speedRate of motion
Gbps · transfer rate · data rate · download speed · upload speed · connection speed · fiber optic · broadband · ethernet · latency
ethernet
Wired networking standard
- switchCircuit-breaking toggle device
- routerPacket-forwarding network device
- duplexDivided dwelling, shared walls
interface · NIC · backbone · interconnect · uplink · downlink · packet · frame · network interface
gigabytes
Data capacity units
flash · SSD · data storage · NAND · chip · buffer · cache · allocation · partition · volume
5G
Current mobile network standard
- LTEWireless broadband standard
- wirelessUntethered signal transmission
- mobile dataInternet via phone network
spectrum · carrier · cell tower · radio frequency · signal · modulation · downlink · uplink · antenna · base station
- internetinternet, websites, web, browsers, web browsers
- internet servicebroadband, modem, router, download, upload
- Bandwidthbandwidth limit, bitrate, bits per second, bps, data rate
- mobile servicesdata plan, mobile plan, unlimited plan, prepaid plan, text messaging
- Signal Propertiesamplitude, frequency, wavelength, phase, signal strength